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• Call me Silidons, for such I am.

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Call Me

  Stephen R. Lawhead (2011). “King Raven: 3-in-1 of Hood, Scarlet, and Tuck”, p.484, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Unbelievers enjoy the security of their unbelief; there is great confidence in ignorance.

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Ignorance, Enjoy, Great Confidence

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• Contrary to what many may think, immortality is not a fairy tale invented to compensate for an unhappy life.

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  Happy Life, Thinking, Unhappy

  Stephen R. Lawhead (2013). “The Bone House: A Bright Empires Novel, Book 2”, p.191, Lion Fiction

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• Death wears many faces, but it’s stench is always the same.

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Faces, Many Faces

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• The air crackled with the presage of lightning, and a heavy mist descended around them.

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  Air, Lightning, Mist

  Stephen R. Lawhead (2013). “The Bone House: A Bright Empires Novel, Book 2”, p.147, Lion Fiction

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• A ley line is what might be called a field of force, a trail of telluric energy. There are hundreds of them, perhaps thousands, all over Britain, and they've been around since the Stone Age.

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  Age, Energy, Lines

  "The Skin Map". Book by Stephen R. Lawhead, 2010.

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• Early man recognised these lines of force and marked them out on the landscape with, well, any old thing, really standing stones, ditches, mounds, tumps, sacred wells, and that sort of thing. And, later on, with churches, market crosses, crossroads, and whatnot.

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  Men, Old Things, Church

  "The Skin Map". Book by Stephen R. Lawhead, 2010.

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• You see, this universe we inhabit is made up of billions of galaxies literally beyond counting and this is only one universe.

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  Made, Counting, Billions

  "The Skin Map". Book by Stephen R. Lawhead, 2010.

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• It had long been an ambition to find the line of force that might lead to the Holy Land in the time of Christ.

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  Ambition, Land, Long

  Stephen R. Lawhead (2013). “The Bone House: A Bright Empires Novel, Book 2”, p.144, Lion Fiction

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• Alea iacta est. The die has been cast.

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Latin, Casts, Has Beens

  "Fictional character: Dieter Wieland". "The Wave", www.imdb.com. 2008.

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• Jump blind and you might find yourself on the rim of a raging volcano, or smack in the middle of a battlefield during a savage war, or on a swiftly tilting ice floe in a tempest-tossed sea.

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  War, Volcanoes, Ice

  "The Skin Map". Book by Stephen R. Lawhead, 2010.

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• People did not go jumping from one place to another with nothing in between. It simply did not happen.

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Jumping, People, Happens

  "The Skin Map". Book by Stephen R. Lawhead, 2010.

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• I tell you the truth, a man may not make himself king; only the blessing of him who holds the kingship can elevate a man to that high place. For sovereignty is a sacred trust that may not be bartered or sold; still less may it be stolen or taken by force.

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Kings, Taken, Blessing

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• Who upholds the gorsedd if not You? Who counts the ages of the world if not You? Who commands the Wheel of Heaven if not You? Who quickens life in the womb if not You? Therefore, God of All Virtue and Power, sain us and shield us with Your Swift Sure Hand.

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  Hands, Heaven, Age

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• When heaven joins the battle against you, who could stand?

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Heaven, Battle

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• She [Mérian] shook her head sadly. 'What Bran wants is impossible.' 'Well,' I [Will] said, 'I wouldn't be too sure. I have seen the lone canny fox outwit the hunter often enough to know that it matters little how many horses and men you have. All the wealth and weapons in the world will not catch the fox that refuses to be caught.

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Horse, Men, Hunters

  Stephen R. Lawhead (2011). “King Raven: 3-in-1 of Hood, Scarlet, and Tuck”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Arthur’s fingers tighten on the silver-braided hilt: see how naturally it fits his hand! He pulls. The Sword of Britain slides from its stone sheath. The ease with which this is accomplished shines in the wonder in Arthur’s eyes. He truly cannot believe what he has done. Nor can he comprehend what it means.

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  Believe, Mean, Eye

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• Yet, there was once a king worthy of that name. That king was Arthur. It is paramount disgrace of this evil generation that the name of that great king is no longer spoken aloud except in derision. Arthur! He was the fairest flower of our race, Cymry's most noble son, Lord of the Summer Realm, Pendragon of Britain. He wore God's favour like a purple robe. Hear then, if you will, the tale of a true king.

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  Summer, Kings, Flower

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• That Arthur has not always existed seems odd to me. Like the wind on the moors and the wild winter stars, surely he has always lived . . . and always will.

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  Stars, Winter, Wind

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• Do not borrow tomorrow's troubles today

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  Today, Tomorrow, Trouble

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• The Emrys! The Emrys is here!' Merlin shook his head in astonishment. 'Has it come to this?' he wondered. 'Even small children know me by sight.

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  Children, Sight, Astonishment

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• What makes you so certain?" "But I am not certain," I told him. "Nothing is certain. You want certainty?" "Yes!" "Then you want death.

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  Want, Certain, Certainty

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• The Queen of Air and Darkness tilted back her head and laughed. A more ghastly sound I hope never to hear. ‘Do you think I care about these trifles?’ ‘Murder is no trifle, woman,’ Arthur said. ‘No? How many men have you killed, Great King? How many have you slain without cause? How many did you cut down that you might have spared? How many died because you in your battle-rage would not heed their pleas for mercy?’ The High King opened his mouth to speak, but could make no answer.

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  Kings, Queens, Cutting

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• Humility, if it comes at all, almost always comes too late.

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Humility, Too Late, Late

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• Words are worth little when the heart refuses to hear. Therefore, judge us by our works.

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Heart, Judging, Littles

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